This is an analysis of the poem Parting that begins with:
WHEN hides the sun behind a bank of cloud,
Though well we know the sun is shining still, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba ccdeed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101010101 1111010101 1101111111 1011111111 1111010001 1111111011 1110110101 0101111001 1111010101 1111000101 1101010101 1101011101 1101111111 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Parting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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